Window shade and curtain support



Oct. 16 192.3. 1.470,833

' H. D. HARRIS WINDOW'SHADE AND CURTAIN SUI-PORT Filed April 25. 1922 ED fiwrrtsg gnuen oz Patented ea; 1 ,1923. 7

PATEL? i erm-' HARRIS, or noncR-o'ss; GEORGIA;

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' App licationlfiled April 1922.. Seria1 No. 556,551.

T 0 all whom itmay concern: p

Be'it known that-I, HIRAM D; HAnnIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norcr'oss, in the county ofGwinnettfiand State of Georgia, have invented. a-newand useful indow Shade and CurtainSup'port,

of which the following is'a specification.

This invention relates to window, shade V and curtain rod holders.

the means for connecting thefixture to a The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed, neat holder oi this character which may be quickly applied without requiring any measurements to determine the exact place to locate a fixture so that. a'n-ovice may put upcurtains and. shades by simply which are carried by'the fixture.

screwin up D two screws Another, object is to'provide a fixture of this character, the application and removal of which will not appreciably mar the wood work and yet will be'reliablysecured.

'Another object is to provide a fixture of this character which will hold the shade roll er so that it cannot slip out of its bracket and unwind. x 1 1 With the foregoingand otherobjects in view which will appear a-s the description proceeds, the invention resides in the con 7 bination and arrangement of. parts and in thedetails of. construction h'ereinafterfdescribed and claimed, it. being understood that within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made without departing fromthe spirit of the. invention. a v Inthe accompanying drawings Figure 1' represents a front elevation of inventiomshown applied." p Fig. 2 is adetail per pective iew of one of the brackets constituting a part of the ina. fixture constructed in accordance with this shown mounted therein, and k r Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview showing window frame. a

In the embodiment illustratedgthe device constituting .this invention comprises a come 'paratively' narrow bar 1 preferably come.

' posed of wood of a length substantially cor-;

responding to the width of the; curtain to be carried thereby and the vwindow in connection with which it is to be used.

-Mounted at opposite ends of this bar on its outer face are two brackets 5 and 10 lroller. I a a The bracket 5' which supports the left hand en diof theshade roller is made L- shaped in form with the base plate 6 thereof equipped at itscorners withscrew receiving 5 shown clearly in; Fig. 2.

left, and one'has a rectangular shade roller bearing such as is usual in attachments ot this kind, and the other a circular aperture to receive the round pintle of the shade apertures 7 to provide for its detachable connection with thebar 1. The outwardly tending arm Set the bracket has a rectan gular opening 9 therein for thereception off theangular pintle P of the roller R as is The arm or plate 60f bracket 5 is provided .with longitudinally spaced laterally extend ing; curtain rodsupporting hooks 11 andl2 which are designed to receive, the ends of; Y rods 3'and4; arranged one in advance of Qthe other for supporting draperies'of dif- 'ferent kinds.

. In the-use of this fixture, the brackets 5 and 10 are first mounted onthe bar 1 and y adjusted in proper position to receive the shade rollerR and the curtain rods 3 and 4. The shade 8. may then be mounted in the brackets andthe rods carrying the draperies engaged with the hooks 1 1 y and 12 orthe draperies maybe applied if desired after -the fixture has beenhung; To mount the shade roller,fthe angular-,pintle P is first; "inserted through the aperture 9 in the bracket arm 8 and then the other bracket is engaged with the round pintle at the end of the shade roller,- 'and said bracket se-' curedto the bar 1. When'somounted, .it

will beimpossible for. the shade roller to become accidentally disengaged from its, f

p bracket -,and'fthus avoid unwinding" of the vention with a portion Otthesha'de roller spring of the roller which frequently ocours with the brackets rdi employed. this purpose; 7 I

The r is equipped with a: air or screws as 2 which extend through the plates 6. of the brackets and are designed to be en; gaged with the window frame F so that in applying the fixture, all that is "necessary is.

to position. the bar. 1. at the {point wlier lit isdesired to hang the shade and curta ns.

will be practically concealed or if desired, it

may be decoratedto conform to-tlie Window frame 1I1-COI1I16Ct101'1 Wltl 1 wh ch it is to be c 1 r used so that the mounting thereo'l on said frame Will notrbe' noticeable in case the draperies do not conceal ill I claim: Q 1 A device of the'class described coniprising bar offa length corresponding siib stantially to the width of the Window I connection Withwhich it is to be used, two

longitudinally spaced L-shaped brackets mounted on said bar one arm of each bracket constitutinga substantially rectangular attaching plate and the other apertured to receive a roller pintle, said attaching plate being ofa width corresponding to that of said bar and overlying the bar, said plate having apertures-units corners to receive Screws for connecting it to'the bar, and up-r turned longitudinallyspaced alined hooks carried by said plate; said plate and bar having registering screw receiving apertures to connect the bar to a iiido w frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my 'oW n, I have hereto aiirzed .iny signature in-the presenceof two Witnesses;

lVitiiesses': I

D. S. JorINs'roN,

XV. M. SCOTT.

HIRAM D. HARRIS. 

